Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/20
They have existed since early this century, and manage to continuously feature up to date Dutch speed trap information on the interwebz:
I wish they had linked to a site like [Wayback/Archive] HMpaal.nl to quickly access location information, for instance [Wayback/Archive] HMpaal.nl: A4/R/36.6:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/18
Relatively old mathematics that is still relevant: Markov Chains.
It is about predictability of events based on the current state of affairs (and not past state of affairs). Lot’s of AI have been about Markov Chains for a long time: spam filters, text prediction while typing, search engine results, language recognition by letter-pairs, and many more.
A nice video about it is [Wayback/Archive] The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything – YouTube
Related are many foundations in information technology, of which Markov and Shannon are mentioned in the video:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/16
Apparently people are fed up enough that finally El Reg published an article like [Wayback/Archive] RSS dulls the pain of the modern web • The Register.
So I wrote this [Wayback/Archive] Post by @wiert.bsky.social — Bluesky
I have been consuming the majority of web content through RSS for at least 15 plus years now, and The Register explains exactly why:
the web has become unbearable to consume. Not just because of ads and their risks, but especially because every web site has a different user experience.
Before 2013, I used Google Reader, but Google has the habit of killing products, so now I use Feedly.
These are some prior blog posts I wrote on them:
El Reg linked newer posts by others:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/13
Kennelijk heb ik gestudeerd aan de:
in de vakken:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/12
Just in case I ever need to work with the CAMT.053 XML format for bank statements: [Wayback/Archive] dutch-sepa-iso20022/camt.053.001.02.xsd at master · jasperkrijgsman/dutch-sepa-iso20022
It is part of the repository [Wayback/Archive] jasperkrijgsman/dutch-sepa-iso20022: SEPA PAIN.001.001.003.
Via (which has more links to how various banks interpret these rules: yes, as usual they have different interpretations of standards) [Wayback/Archive] “urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.053.001.02” – Google Search
Related:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/03
A few years back I tweeted [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on Twitter: “@b0rk @jilles_com Acids vs bases.”
It was a kind of tongue-in-cheek reaction (with a way better picture below) to a very valuable post by b0rk (Julia Evans) on both Twitter and Mastodon [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “bases” / [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans: “bases title: bases # we usually…” – Mastodon for two reasons:
Back to Julia’s post:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/02
On the history of ISBN and their representation in EAN codes: [Wayback/Archive] Why does every book come from the same country? – YouTube.
TL;DR: EAN unique country codes (now GS1 country codes) 978 and 979 are Bookland.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/01
Colonoscopy humor: [Wayback/Archive] G0BtrUFWkAA41LM.jpg:orig (550×385)
Für den Vortrag „Alarm im Darm” bitte Hintereingang benutzen
Via: [WaybackSave/Archive] Daemon Resurrected on X: “@ChristelHanauer …”
Queries:
Lecture example: [Wayback/Archive] Medizin vor Ort: Alarm im Darm | Klinikverbund Südwest
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/27
AliExpress aggressive acidic flux solder has remarkably heavy reels:
Total Reel Solder % Solder/Total 100 gram 67 gram 33 gram 33 % 51 gram 32 gram 19 gram 37 % 20 gram 10 gram 10 gram 50 %
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/25
[Wayback/Archive] Airco’s massaal gebruikt voor verwarming, TNO waarschuwt voor gevolgen stroomnet
Via [Archive/Archive] Post by @ruudholswilder.bsky.social — Bluesky
Ruud Holswilder
@ruudholswilder.bsky.socialIn feite is een moderne airco een lucht-lucht warmtepomp met een COP van 3,5 tot 5.
1 kWh elektriciteit wordt omgezet in 3,5 tot 5 kWh warmte.
Geen aandacht hiervoor in het artikel van NOS.
--jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 